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Eric Hahn

American businessman and computer software programmer (b. 1960)

Eric Hahn (born March 19, 1960) is an American business executive who founded an early e-mail-based groupware company called Collabra Software in 1992. Netscape acquired Collabra in 1995, and in 1997 Hahn became Netscape's CTO.

01Education

Hahn received his bachelor's degree from Worcester Polytechnic Institute in 1980. He returned in 1999 to give the commencement address and receive an honorary doctorate.

02Career

Hahn founded Proofpoint, Inc in June 2002 which became a publicly traded company in April 2012, and later went back to a private company in 2021. He also co-founded Lookout Software, which was acquired by Microsoft in 2004.

03Personal life

Hahn and his wife, Elaine, live in Palo Alto, California, and they have two sons, Evan and Jeremy.

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